Sumiati

Sumiati v. Gonzales

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235 F. App'x 409
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 21, 2007No. 03-73935California422 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

Petitioners Sumiati, her husband, and their four children, who are citizens of Indonesia, petition for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Because the BIA summarily affirmed the decision of an immigration judge (“IJ”), we review for substantial evidence the IJ’s decision. Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 961-62 (9th Cir.2004). We deny the petition for review.

1. To be eligible for asylum, Petitioners must demonstrate that they are unwilling to return to Indonesia “because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecu_ tion on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.” Id. at 961 (internal quotation marks omitted). For a petitioner’s fear to be well-founded, the ' fear of persecution “must be both subjectively genuine and objectively reasonable.” Gu v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 1014, 1019 (9th Cir.2006) (internal quotation marks omitted).

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s determination that Petitioners did *411 not establish past persecution. The discrimination…

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